Old Testament canon

Citations in the New Testament from the books of the Tanakh (given here in traditional order), provided as evidence the NT writers considered these books authoritative for doctrine and practice (i.e. canonical).

The Law (Torah)

Genesis

Mt 19:4, 5; Mk 10:6, 7–8; Ac 3:25; 7:3, 5, 6–7; Ro 4:3, 9, 17, 18, 22; 9:7, 9, 12; 1Co 6:16; 15:45; Gal 3:6, 8, 16; 4:30; Eph 5:31; Heb 4:4; 6:13–14; 7:1–2; 11:5, 18, 21; Jas 2:23

Exodus

Mt 5:21, 27, 38; 15:4; 19:18–19; 22:32; Mk 7:10; 10:19; 12:26; Lk 2:23; 18:20; 20:37; Jn 6:31; 19:36; Ac 3:13; 7:7, 27–28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40; 23:5; Ro 7:7; 9:15, 17; 13:9; 1Co 10:7; 2Co 6:16; 8:15; Eph 6:2–3; Heb 8:5; 9:20; 12:20; Jas 2:11; 1Pe 2:9

Leviticus

Mt 5:33, 38, 43; 19:19; 22:39; Mk 12:31, 33; Lk 2:24; 10:27; Ac 3:23; Ro 10:5; 13:9; 2Co 6:16; Gal 3:12; 5:14; Jas 2:8; 1Pe 1:16

Numbers

Mt 5:33; Jn 19:36; 2Ti 2:19

Deuteronomy

Mt 4:4, 7, 10; 5:21, 27, 31, 38; 15:4; 18:16; 19:7, 18–19; 22:37; Mk 7:10; 10:4, 19; 12:19, 29–30, 32, 33; Lk 4:4, 8, 12; 10:27; 18:20; 20:28; Ac 3:22, 23; 7:37; Ro 7:7; 10:6–8, 19; 11:8; 12:19; 13:9; 15:10; 1Co 5:13; 9:9; 2Co 13:1; Gal 3:10, 13; Eph 6:2–3; 1Ti 5:18; Heb 1:6; 10:30; 12:21, 29; 13:5; Jas 2:11

The Prophets (Nevi’im)

Joshua

Heb 1:5

Judges-Ruth (one book)

Mt 2:23; Lk 1:15

1 & 2 Samuel (one book)

Ac 13:22; Ro 15:9; 2Co 6:18; Heb 1:5

1 & 2 Kings (one book)

Ro 11:3, 4

Isaiah

Mt 1:23; 3:3; 4:15–16; 8:17; 12:18–20, 21; 13:14–15; 15:8–9; 21:5, 13, 3; 4:12; 7:6–7; 9:44, 46, 48; 11:17; 12:32; 15:28; Lk 3:4–6; 4:18–19; 8:10; 19:46; 22:37; Jn 1:23; 6:45; 12:38, 40; Ac 7:49–50; 8:32–33; 13:34, 47; 28:26–27; Ro 2:24; 3:15–17; 9:27–28, 29, 33; 10:11, 15, 16, 20, 21; 11:8, 26–27, 27, 34; 14:11; 15:12, 21; 1Co 1:19; 2:9, 16; 14:21; 15:32, 54; 2Co 6:2, 17; Gal 4:27; Heb 2:13; 1Pe 1:24–25; 2:6, 8, 9; 2:22; 3:14

Jeremiah-Lamentations (one book)

Mt 2:18; 21:13; 27:9–10; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46; 1Co 1:31; 2Co 10:17; Heb 8:8–12; 10:16–17

Ezekiel

2Co 6:16, 17

Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)

Mt 10:35–36; 11:10; 12:7, 40; 21:5; 26:31; 27:9–10; Mk 1:2; 14:27; Lk 7:27; 23:30; Jn 12:15; 19:37; Ac 2:17–21; 7:42–43; 13:41; 15:16–17; Ro 1:17; 9:13, 25, 26; 10:13; 1Co 15:55; Gal 3:11; Eph 4:25; Heb 10:37–38; 12:26

The Writings (Ketuvim)

Psalms

Mt 4:6; 13:35; 21:9, 16, 42; 22:44; 23:39; 26:64; 27:46; Mk 11:9–10; 12:10–11, 36; 14:62; 15:34; Lk 4:10–11; 13:35; 19:38; 20:17, 42–43; 22:69; 23:46; Jn 2:17; 6:31; 10:34; 12:13; 13:18; 15:25; 19:24; Ac 1:20; 2:25–28, 30, 31, 34–35; 4:11, 25–26; 13:22, 33, 35; Ro 2:6; 3:4, 10–12, 13, 14, 18; 4:7–8; 8:36; 10:18; 11:9–10; 15:3, 9, 11; 1Co 3:20; 10:26; 15:27; 2Co 4:13; 9:9; Eph 4:8, 26; Heb 1:5, 7, 8–9, 10–12, 13; 2:6–8, 12; 3:7–11, 15; 4:3, 5, 7; 5:5, 6; 7:17, 21; 10:5–7, 30; 13:6; 1Pe 2:7; 3:10–12; Rev 2:27; 19:15

Proverbs

Ro 12:20; Heb 12:5–6, 13; Jas 4:6; 1Pe 4:18; 5:5; 2Pe 2:22

Job

Ro 11:35; 1Co 3:19

Song of Songs

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Ecclesiastes

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Esther

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Daniel

Mt 24:15, 30; 26:64; Mk 13:14, 26; 14:62; Rev 1:13; 14:14

Ezra-Nehemiah (one book)

Jn 6:31

1 & 2 Chronicles (one book)